Name/TitleUriah Hoddinott : Bairnsdale Cemetery, Gippsland, Victoria
About this objectPhotograph of a granite, round topped tombstone marking the burial of Uriah Hoddinott and his wife, Martha. The tombstone is raised on a granite step, and a stone curb mounted by a solid and elaborate iron rail, edges the burial plot. Ivy leaves have been carved around the border of the stone. The grave looks very well kept within overgrown grounds. A row of tall trees are in the background.
The inscription reads:
IN
Memory Of
URIAH HODDINOTT
Who Died At Paynesville
4th Oct. 1885
Also
His Wife
MARTHA
Who Died At Traralgon
29th July 1894
Gippsland Pioneers
of 1845
Erected By Their Son
JOSEPH
According to the Bairnsdale Advertiser of October 1885, Hoddinott had been "a resident of Gippsland for about forty years, having many years ago occupied the Sunville run in South Gippsland, and afterwards Clifton, near Bairnsdale."
Son, Joseph Hoddinott, was elected to the Legislative Council of Gippsland from 1898 to 1904.
For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria
Inscription and MarksOne of four photographs attached to cardboard. It is the bottom, right image. P-11-TO and Folio P16 is written next to the photograph.
On back of cardboard is written accession number 2479.
Measurements10.8 x 8.0 cm (image)
30.5 x 24.7 cm (sheet)
Period1910-1920
Object TypePhotograph
Subject and Association KeywordsGraves
Subject and Association KeywordsGippsland (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsHoddinott, Uriah, 1818-1885.
Subject and Association KeywordsBairnsdale (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsCemeteries
Named CollectionImages collection
Object numberTP-11
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